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Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Clearly Besotted May Release - Just The Two of Us & To You With Love (Guest Designer!)

Hi there

I'm back today to share some more teasers of the fabulous Clearly Besotted May Release. All the sets in this month's release will be available to buy from the Clearly Besotted store on 5 May at 10pm BST. Over at Stephanie's blog you will find links to the Design Team and other guest designers who are also sharing more teasers.

Today I'm sharing cards made with two more sets, Just the Two of Us and To You With Love.

Just the Two of Us
This set has adorable images of parent and baby animals, with co-ordinating sentiments, ideal for Mother's Day and Father's Day.

I opted for the cute little panda pairing for this card which I stamped and masked. I also masked before ink blending the grass, then swapped the mask around to blend the sky. With these masks still in place I stamped the bamboo from CB It's a Celebration set (limited edition - now discontinued) and used second generation stamping to stamp again alongside. I finished by stamping the sentiment and adhering to the card base on 3D foam, and some Glossy Accents was added to the pandas' eyes.

Materials used:

Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Just the Two of Us and It's a Celebration (discontinued)

I wanted to have a go at the Distress Ink Lifting / Watercolour Bleaching technique with this gorgeous stamp. And I chose an usual colour of Distress Ink which I've never used before, Iced Spruce. I really liked this when I first made it, but now I'm not so sure. I would love to know your opinion as I'm still very much on the fence with this one!

I started by stamping the image and sentiment in VersaMark ink and heat embossing in white. I then blended the Distress Ink up from the bottom corner gradually fading it out diagonally. The next part is where the magic happens. Armed with water, a small paint brush and a paper towel I painted water onto the petals, left for a few seconds and then blotted with the paper towel. The colour then lifts away revealing a paler shade. I believe this only works with Distress Inks. To add a little interest I finished by adding some splatters of a mix of mica powder and water, to add some shimmer, seen much more clearly in the next photo.

I love the colour of the flowers, it is very elegant and super monochrome combo. I too have that DI colour and it does take getting used to but you have done a great job with it. Honestly, I love your card and I am sure that if you put it away and came back to it after a while you will love it too! The pandas are brilliantly stamped, beautifully designed and yes, cute! Bravo!

Hi, I'm Anita, welcome to my blog.
I love being creative and have been making cards since about 2005. I have created this blog as a place to share my creations with you and I hope you will find some inspiration.
Thanks for visiting.
Neets x